Chances are good you will be getting a letter in the mail if you bought cigarettes online trying to avoid paying the high taxes on them. States including Connecticut are doing just that. According to their web site, “The Jenkins Act requires, that out-of-state retailers report the transactions.” Yes this means all the retailers that sold cigarettes must share their … [Read more...] about States are Collecting Back Cigarette Taxes from Online Retailers
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Way to Go California – 1 800 No Butts at Your Service
California's Example Provides Encouragement that Smokers Can Stop Today in the LA Times, it was reported that the use of cigarettes in California is steadily declining. Smoking statistics for adults have dropped since California passed a twenty-five cent tax on each pack of cigarettes. Cigarette Taxes Encourage Quitting Smoking The decline of adult smokers in California … [Read more...] about Way to Go California – 1 800 No Butts at Your Service
The Winners and Losers – Largest Tobacco Tax Increase
It wasn't so long ago that Measure 50 was put before a people's vote in the state of Oregon. If it had passed, Oregon would have received 85 cents from each pack of cigarettes sold in the state, with the funds marked for children's health care programs (and other important programs needing funding in the state). Unfortunately, Big Tobacco's manipulative tactics and deep … [Read more...] about The Winners and Losers – Largest Tobacco Tax Increase
One Smoker’s Advice to Teens: Add up the Costs of Cigarettes
While most adults would counsel the greatest negative involved with smoking cigarettes is increased risk of lung cancer. This truth is far away in the minds of most young smokers, they tend to not even think about it. So, if you're a teen smoker and "not afraid" of lung cancer, just think about the following here-and-now downsides to smoking. They should be more than … [Read more...] about One Smoker’s Advice to Teens: Add up the Costs of Cigarettes
R. J. Reynolds Backs Campaign Against Tobacco Tax Hike
Cigarette tax proposal would change tax from 7 cents per pack to 30-50 cents if the plan passes. However, the country's second-largest cigarette company is an anonymous backer of a campaign opposing a bill to raise South Carolina's lowest-in-the-nation cigarette tax. The message began showing up in mailboxes last week -- 10,000 postcards sent to Republican activists by … [Read more...] about R. J. Reynolds Backs Campaign Against Tobacco Tax Hike
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